John Langdon

John Langdon (26 June 1741-18 September 1819) was Governor of New Hampshire from 1 June 1785 to 7 June 1786 (succeeding Meshech Weare and preceding John Sullivan), from 4 June 1788 to 22 January 1789 (interrupting Sullivan's terms), from 6 June 1805 to 8 June 1809 (succeeding John Taylor Gilman and preceding Jeremiah Smith), and from 5 June 1810 to 5 June 1812 (succeeding Smith and preceding William Plumer, as well as a US Senator from 4 March 1789 to 3 March 1801, preceding James Sheafe.

Biography
John Langdon was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1741, and he worked as a naval merchant for several years. He became a vigorous supporter of independence during the 1770s due to Britain's assertion of control over the shipping industries, and he was a member of the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1776. He superintended the construction of several Continental Navy warships during the American Revolutionary War, and he fought at the Battle of Bennington, the Battles of Saratoga, and the Battle of Rhode Island. From 1785 to 1786, 1788 to 1789, 1805 to 1809, and 1810 to 1812, he would serve as Governor of New Hampshire, and he also served as one of the state's inaugural US Senators from 1789 to 1801. In 1812, he declined an offer to serve as James Madison's Vice President, and he died in 1819.